The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, the only industry accolades devoted solely to actors honoring actors, will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS Jan. 25 at 8 PM ET from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.

James Earl Jones
Photo by Aubrey Reuben

An encore presentation will air on TNT at 11 PM ET.

"ER" star Angela Bassett and "Will & Grace" actor Eric McCormack, who made his Broadway debut in the revival of The Music Man, announced the nominees for the SAG Awards Dec. 18, 2008, at the SilverScreen Theater at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, CA. John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt" — based on the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name — was the most-honored film, nabbing five nominations, including one for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Tony Award winner James Earl Jones, most recently on Broadway in the revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, will be honored with the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award during the telecast. The award is given annually to an actor who fosters the "finest ideals of the acting profession." In a previous statement SAG President Alan Rosenberg said, "James Earl Jones' distinguished career on stage, in film, on television, in commercials and as a vocal presence without peer commands our admiration and respect. His long and quiet devotion to advancing literacy, the arts and humanities on a national and local scale deserves our appreciation. It is our honor to bestow the Guild's highest tribute on this extraordinary actor."